This is a movement of women protesting the obligatory wearing of pumps or high heels in the workplace or while job hunting.
The term was coined by combining the words for kutsu (shoes) and kutsuu (pain) with “MeToo,” a movement against sexual harassment.
As a campaign to collect signatures online gathered momentum, some companies decided to allow female employees to wear sneakers.
職場
shokuba
(the) workplace
就職活動
shuushoku’katsudou
(while) job hunting
ハイヒール
haihi-ru
high heels
強要に
kyouyou ni
(the) obligatory
抗議する
kougi suru
protesting
をかけた
wo kaketa
by combining
造語
zougo
(the term) was coined
セクハラ
sekuhara
sexual harassment
「MeToo」
“MeToo”
MeToo
運動に
unndou ni
(a) movement
なぞらえています。
nazoraete i masu.
(the words) for
インターネットでの
innta-netto de no
online
署名運動は
shomei’unndou ha
(a) campaign to collect signatures
広がり、
hirogari,
gathered momentum as
スニーカーを
suni-ka- wo
sneakers
採用する
saiyou suru
to allow (female employees) to wear
企業も
kigyou mo
some companies
出てきました。
dete ki mashita.
decided